The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist and also seriously injured his son was text messaging at the time of the crash.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist and also seriously injured his son was text messaging at the time of the crash.

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Updated: 6:40 PM PDT Jul 13, 2015

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WEBVTT GULSTAN: HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO REPORTS THAT A SACRAMENT TO DRIVER WAS DISTRACTED BY TEXT MESSAGE BEFORE KILLING A BICYCLIST AND SEVERELY INJURING HIS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON. IRONICALLY, THE FAMILY HAD JUST FLED AFGHANISTAN SEEKING FREEDOM AND SAFETY IN THE U.S. AS MIKE LUERY SHOWS US IN THIS REPORT. I WOULD REALLY LIKE HELP FROM THE PEOPLE. MIKE: THE GRIEVING MOTHER, BRAND-NEW TO THE U.S., HAS NO WORDS TO EXPLAIN TO HER CHILDREN THE LOSS OF THEIR FATHER. I'M LOST WITHOUT MY HUSBAND. I CANNOT DO ANYTHING. I'M TOTALLY LOST. NOBODY IS HERE TO TAKE CARE OF MY KIDS. MIKE: MUSTAFA ROUGHY, A 33-YEAR-OLD ENGINEER FROM AFGHANISTAN, WAS STRUCK DOWN BY A CAR YESTERDAY WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE WITH HIS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON . IT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FAMILY ARRIVED IN THE U.S. IN SEARCH OF A NEW LIFE. THE BOY WAS ALSO INJURED IN THE CRASH. IT WAS WITNESSED BY KIRK VIRGA. I SAW THE CAR. I SAW THE BICYCLE. I WAS IN HYSTERICS. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE BIKE WENT THAT WAY. HE FELL OFF THE CAR. MIKE: THE DRIVER DID EVENTUALLY STOP, AND INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO REPORTS THAT HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AT HIS CELL PHONE, CHECKING A TEXT MESSAGE, WHEN HE SWERVED INTO THE BIKE LANE. TODAY, DOZENS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY GATHERED TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY THAT WAS SIMPLY LOOKING FOR A SAFE HAVEN FROM WAR-TORN AFGHANISTAN. WERE ALL SCARED ABOUT TERRORISM AND THE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA. THEY WERE CHASING US. THAT IS WHY WE MOVED HERE. MIKE: NOW THE FAMILY MUST DECIDE WHERE TO BURY THEIR LOVED ONE. RAFI'S PARENTS WANTED HIS BODY FLUNG BACK TO AFGHANISTAN, BUT THE LEADER OF SACRAMENTO'S AFGHANISTAN'S COMMUNITY SAYS HE HAS CONVINCED THE FAMILY TO HOLD THE BURIAL IN SACRAMENTO. WE HAVE A CEMETERY, WE HAVE A MOSQUE. MIKE: AS FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD OMAR ROUGHY, HE REMAINS HERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH MEANS HIS VITAL SIGNS ARE UNSTABLE, BUT HIS FAMILY IS HOPING AND PRAYING FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY. MIKE LUERY, KCRA3 NEWS. GULSTAN: CHP INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL WAS TEXTING

Is texting and driving to blame for bicyclist's death?

The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist and also seriously injured his son was text messaging at the time of the crash.